On Sun, 02 May 2004 07:30 am -0600 UTC, Ruud Poeze
posted: %MM

N8KDV schreef:

Burr wrote:

Are there two Guyana's

Just one! But you may be thinking of French Guiana, which is also located
nearby in South America.

French Guiana is also the 'home' of Devil's Island... of Papillion fame.

There are even 3 Guyana's. Surinam used to be Dutch Guyana.
French Guyana (which is a French colony, capital Cayenne) is also home
of the European Space Agency ESA. In Courou the Ariana rockets are
launched.
ruud

Incidently it is said guy - anna, not gee - anna. The offical designation
for French Guiana is overseas territory or department. This limits
residency rights in France for the inhabitants. These are hot and humid
countries. The coast is very low and the Dutch build sea walls and pumped
the water out along the coast, so that it is dirty ocean (rivers dumping
silt) on one side and swamp on the other, narrow strip of dry land at sea
level in the middle.
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-UA